Patents by Inventor Naoki Tanaka
Naoki Tanaka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 12269129Abstract: An aluminum alloy brazing sheet used for brazing of an aluminum material in an inert gas atmosphere or in vacuum is formed of a two-layer material in which a brazing material and a core material are stacked in this order. The core material is formed of an aluminum alloy and has a grain size of 20 to 300 ?m, and the aluminum alloy includes Mn of 0.50 to 2.00 mass %, Mg of 0.40 to 2.00 mass %, Si of 1.50 mass % or less, and Fe of 1.00 mass % or less. The brazing material is formed of an aluminum alloy including Si of 4.00 to 13.00 mass % and one or two or more of Mn of 2.00 mass or less, Ti of 0.30 mass % or less, Zr of 0.30 mass % or less, and Cr of 0.30 mass % or less.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: UACJ CORPORATIONInventors: Tomoki Yamayoshi, Hidetoshi Kumagai, Hirokazu Tanaka, Taketoshi Toyama, Naoki Sugimoto, Nobuhiro Honma, Shogo Yamada, Takahiro Shinoda
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Patent number: 12267068Abstract: A detection method includes: obtaining periodically and repeatedly sensor values output from a capacitive sensor; determining whether the sensor values obtained exceed threshold Th1; calculating, as first difference value ?1X of each of target sensor values CX, a difference between target sensor value CX and sensor value CX+1 immediately before the target sensor value; calculating, as second difference value ?2X of each of target sensor values CX, a difference between (i) first difference value ?1X of target sensor value CX and (ii) first difference value ?1X+1 of sensor value CX+1 immediately before target sensor value CX; comparing each of second difference values ?2X calculated and threshold Th2, and selecting one sensor value CRet based on a result of the comparing; and outputting the one sensor value CRet selected.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2022Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Ryo Nakae, Takehiko Nara, Naoki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20250098883Abstract: A holder houses a container of a fluid to be conveyed. The holder has a holder body having a bottom wall and a first side wall extending upward from a peripheral edge of the bottom wall, and a lid body having a top surface and a second side wall extending downward from a peripheral edge of the top surface. The lid body opens and closes an upper opening defined by an upper end of the first side wall. In a state where the container is housed in the holder, the upper end of the first side wall and a lower end of the second side wall are positioned below an upper end of the container, the top surface or the second side wall is in contact with the container or has a gap with the container such that the container is suppressed to tilt at a particular angle or more.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Kunihiko TANAKA, Naoki SAKAMOTO
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Publication number: 20250097137Abstract: A user management apparatus adds a tag in which route information is described to a packet received from a user and transmits the packet to a data transfer device. The data transfer device transfers the packet to one of data processing devices under control and other data transfer devices based on the route information included in the received packet. The data processing device performs processing of a service function for data included in the received packet. A communication management apparatus calculates a route of a service chain necessary for implementing the service requested by the user and transmits route information to the user management apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2022Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Naoki Miura, Takeshi Sakamoto, Yuki Arikawa, Tsuyoshi Ito, Kenji Tanaka, Masaru Katayama, Yuta Ukon
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Publication number: 20250084815Abstract: A fuel injection valve support structure simple in structure is provided which is capable of preventing a fuel injection valve from rotating about an axis of a valve housing thereof without providing a special rotation-preventing piece on an elastic support member. In this support structure, a base plate (15) of an elastic support member (S) is provided with a notch (19) which receives a valve housing (1). A rotation-preventing protrusion (20) which engages with the notch (19) to prevent rotation of a fuel injection valve (I) about an axis (A) of the valve housing (1) is formed on a synthetic resin formation part (6) which covers the valve housing (1) while protruding a coupler (14) to one side.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: March 13, 2025Inventor: Naoki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20250072857Abstract: An X-ray diagnosis apparatus according to one embodiment includes an imaging system, a display, processing circuitry and system control circuitry. The imaging system includes an X-ray tube that generates an X-ray, an X-ray diaphragm that restricts an irradiation range of the X-ray, an X-ray detector that detects the X-ray, and a couch on which a subject is to be laid for irradiation with the X-ray. The display displays an X-ray image with numerical values indicating positions on the X-ray image generated by X-ray imaging of the subject by the imaging system. The processing circuitry recognizes a numerical value based on a collected user's utterance with respect to the numerical values. The system control circuitry performs control of the imaging system in accordance with a position indicated by the recognized numerical value among the numerical values.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Applicant: CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke OKUMURA, Takahiro INAGAKI, Hideaki TANAKA, Naoki YAMADA, Hisanori KATO, Takanori SOUTOME, Rui MOROMIZATO, Toshikatsu OOHASHI
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Publication number: 20250079916Abstract: An axial gap type rotary electric machine includes a rotor and a stator. The rotor has a support plate and a permanent magnet disposed on the support plate. The support plate includes an inner core. The inner core includes a plurality of vertical walls. The plurality of vertical walls are disposed in a radial shape. The plurality of vertical walls are disposed in a rotationally symmetrical with respect to a central axis. The plurality of vertical walls are positioned behind the permanent magnet. The plurality of vertical walls function as members that resist axial force and radial force acting on the permanent magnet.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2024Publication date: March 6, 2025Inventors: NAOKI TANAKA, TAKASHI MAKINO
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Publication number: 20250068246Abstract: A signal processing device includes: a fundamental frequency calculation unit for calculating a fundamental frequency from the touch location; a target waveform calculation unit for modulating a waveform of the fundamental frequency by an envelope waveform of a vibration according to the stimulation type to be presented at the touch location, to calculate a target waveform for the vibration to be presented at the touch location. The fundamental frequency calculation unit calculates the fundamental frequency based on a first distance so that the shorter the first distance is, the higher the fundamental frequency is, the first distance being a minimum distance among distances between touch locations and between a touch location and a support of a panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2021Publication date: February 27, 2025Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Tomohiro NAGAME, Koji TANAKA, Mitsuru SAKAI, Yosuke YUI, Naoki NUMATA
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Publication number: 20250060468Abstract: A living body distance estimating device includes: a transmission signal generator that generates a multicarrier signal; a transmission antenna including M transmission antenna elements; a reception antenna including N reception antenna elements; a receiver that measures reception signals for a first period; a complex transfer function calculator that calculates, for each of subcarriers and using the reception signals measured in the first period, a plurality of complex transfer functions indicating a propagation characteristic between each transmission antenna element and each reception antenna element; a living body correlation matrix calculator that calculates a living body correlation matrix by extracting components relating to the living body in the reception signals; and an estimator that estimates, using the living body correlation matrix, a third distance which is a sum of a first distance between the transmission antenna and the living body and a second distance between the reception antenna and theType: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: February 20, 2025Inventors: Shoichi IIZUKA, Takeshi NAKAYAMA, Naoki HONMA, Ryousuke TANAKA, Tomonori ITO, Nobuyuki SHIRAKI
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Publication number: 20250053074Abstract: A light source device includes a first light source section including one or more first light emitters to emit first light; a second light source section including one or more second light emitters to emit second light; a light-transmissive member having a central axis to transmit the first light and the second light; and circuitry to individually drive the one or more first light emitters and the one or more second light emitters to reduce illuminance of light emitted from the light-transmissive member to below a predetermined illuminance level. The first light source section emits the first light that enters the light-transmissive member at a positive angle relative to the central axis in a view in a direction orthogonal to the central axis, and the second light source section emits the second light that enters the light-transmissive member at a negative angle relative to the central axis in the view.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Kazuhiro FUJITA, Naoki NAKAMURA, Noritada OHI, Hiroki TANAKA, Yoshio KUBO, Toshiharu HACHISUKA, Kasumi NAKAMURA, Mayu BANNO
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Publication number: 20250041326Abstract: The present invention provides a therapeutic agent for refractory viral infections, etc., which is capable of reducing or eliminating cccDNA from hepatocytes. The therapeutic agent for refractory viral infections according to the present invention is characterized by comprising a complex encapsulating poly-I or a poly-I analog and poly-C or a poly-C analog within a drug carrier useful for drug delivery into cells, wherein the surface of the carrier is conjugated with a molecule imparting the ability to accumulate in hepatocytes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2022Publication date: February 6, 2025Inventors: Michinori KOHARA, Naoki YAMAMOTO, Yasuhito TANAKA, Yusuke SATO
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Publication number: 20250044099Abstract: An inertial sensor includes a dual atom interferometer. A moving standing light wave generation device in the dual atom interferometer generates M (3?M) moving standing light waves. Each of the M moving standing light waves is generated by a pair of counter-propagating laser beams. The moving standing light wave generation device adjusts two-photon detuning of a pair of counter-propagating laser beams corresponding to each of N (2?N<M) moving standing light waves out of the M moving standing light waves such that the difference between an interferometric phase corresponding to one atomic beam obtained by interfering with the M moving standing light waves and an interferometric phase corresponding to the other atomic beam obtained by interfering with the M moving standing light waves stays constant.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2024Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicants: TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAPAN AVIATION ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY, LIMITEDInventors: Mikio KOZUMA, Tomoya SATO, Takuya KAWASAKI, Naoki NISHIMURA, Toshiyuki HOSOYA, Atsushi TANAKA
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Patent number: 12209671Abstract: A valve device includes a housing, a stationary valve and a drive valve. The stationary valve is placed in a fluid passage of the housing. The stationary valve forms a first passage, which conducts fluid, and a penetrating chamber which penetrates through the stationary valve in the axial direction. The drive valve is placed on one axial side of the stationary valve in the fluid passage and forms a second passage which conducts the fluid. The drive valve communicates the second passage to the first passage through rotation of the drive valve. The housing has a bottom portion that covers the penetrating chamber from another axial side. An upstream passage of the fluid passage, which is located on an upstream side of the drive valve and the stationary valve in a flow direction of the fluid, is communicated with the penetrating chamber through a communication passage.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2023Date of Patent: January 28, 2025Assignee: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Naoki Asano, Ryo Sano, Atsushi Tanaka, Takehito Mizunuma, Takuya Hamada
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Publication number: 20250015678Abstract: A circuit-integrated motor 100 (100A to 100D) includes: a motor 10; a control board 40 for controlling the motor 10; a casing 50 including a partition wall portion 60 made of metal and dividing a board housing chamber 51 for housing the control board 40 from a placement space for the motor 10; a terminal 70 for connecting the control board 40 to an external device; and a terminal holder 80 formed of resin and holding the terminal 70. The terminal holder 80 is molded integrally with the partition wall portion 60 by insert molding with the partition wall portion 60 and the terminal 70 being insert parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Inventors: Naoki TANAKA, Yoshitaka KOGA
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Patent number: 12162352Abstract: A display controller converts a detection target region contained within a detection range of an obstruction sensor group and extending from a vehicle to the periphery thereof into a virtual marker image and causes a virtual image to be displayed by superimposing the image over a scene in front of the vehicle. When the relative position of an obstruction is within the detection target region, the display controller causes an arc-shaped ripple spreading in a direction based on the relative position of the obstruction to be displayed in a region, of the virtual marker image, located in a direction based on the relative position of the obstruction. The display controller converts the important information into a notification image and causes the notification image to be displayed in a display medium. The display controller changes the display format of at least one of the virtual marker image or the notification image.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.Inventors: Naoki Tanaka, Yasutoshi Yamamoto, Tomoka Ishibashi, Hiroyasu Makino
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Publication number: 20240322824Abstract: A detection method includes: obtaining periodically and repeatedly sensor values output from a capacitive sensor; determining whether the sensor values obtained exceed threshold Th1; calculating, as first difference value ?1X of each of target sensor values CX, a difference between target sensor value CX and sensor value CX+1 immediately before the target sensor value; calculating, as second difference value ?2X of each of target sensor values CX, a difference between (i) first difference value ?1X of target sensor value CX and (ii) first difference value ?1X+1 of sensor value CX+1 immediately before target sensor value CX; comparing each of second difference values ?2X calculated and threshold Th2, and selecting one sensor value CRet based on a result of the comparing; and outputting the one sensor value CRet selected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2022Publication date: September 26, 2024Inventors: Ryo NAKAE, Takehiko NARA, Naoki TANAKA
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Publication number: 20240304847Abstract: A fuel cell stack including a cell stacked body formed by stacking power generation cells in a predetermined direction, an exhaust gas flow path penetrating the cell stacked body in the predetermined direction so as to discharge a reaction gas supplied to the plurality of power generation cells, and a flow path forming portion forming a drainage flow path so that water flows from an upstream side to a downstream side of the exhaust gas flow path. The flow path forming portion includes a communicating tube disposed in the exhaust gas flow path so as to communicate with the upstream side and the downstream side of the exhaust gas flow path respectively through a first opening and a second opening of the communicating tube, and the flow path forming portion further includes a diaphragm portion at an inlet of the drainage flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Kenji Nagumo, Naoki Tanaka, Kensuke Umezawa, Fumiya Arai
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Publication number: 20240304833Abstract: A fuel cell stack including a cell stacked body, an exhaust gas flow path penetrating the cell stacked body in a predetermined direction so as to discharge a reaction gas supplied to a plurality of power generation cells, and a communicating tube disposed in the exhaust gas flow path so as to communicate with an upstream side and a downstream side of the exhaust gas flow path respectively through a first opening and a second opening of the communicating tube. The exhaust gas flow path includes a reduced diameter portion configured to gradually decrease a flow path area toward an outlet of the exhaust gas flow path, and the second opening communicates with the exhaust gas flow paths between an end on a small diameter side of the reduced diameter portion and the outlet of the exhaust gas flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Kenji Nagumo, Naoki Tanaka, Kensuke Umezawa, Fumiya Arai
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Publication number: 20240304834Abstract: A fuel cell stack including an outside unit disposed outside a cell stacked body and a communicating tube disposed in an exhaust gas flow path to communicate with an upstream and downstream sides of the exhaust gas flow path through a first and second opening. A first and second support portions supporting a first and second end portions on a first and second end sides of the communicating tube are formed in tubular shapes so as to surround the first and second end portions and communicate an internal space of the communicating tube with the exhaust gas flow path. The first and second support portions include tapered portions so that edge portions on outer peripheral surface sides of the first and second end surfaces are capable of abutting on peripheral surfaces of through-holes over a half circumference or longer in a circumferential direction, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2024Publication date: September 12, 2024Inventors: Kenji Nagumo, Naoki Tanaka, Kensuke Umezawa, Fumiya Arai
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Patent number: 11909180Abstract: A hermetic portion on the side of a main body portion of a gas insulated switchgear and a hermetic portion of a bushing tank which has polymer bushings connected to the main body portion are configured separately, and electrical connection between the main body portion side and the bushing tank is carried out in an open portion. A mid tank is provided in the rear of the main body portion in which a switching apparatus is housed, and conductor portions which are horizontally led out from the main body portion are led into the mid tank, bent upward, and connected to bushings on the top of the mid tank. Cables are extended downward from the bottom of the bushing tank disposed above the mid tank via a support panel, and in the open portion, the cables are connected to the bushings.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Tadahiro Yoshida, Naoki Tanaka, Masayuki Takebe, Shintaro Kuroaki